Alabama’s unemployment rate is up slightly despite what officials are calling record employment in the state. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April is 3.8%. That’s up one-tenth of a percent from March, but it’s still below the rate from a year before of 4.1%. The April rate represents 83,565 unemployed people in the state. But a news release…
After 34 years of service to the greater Central and East Alabama areas, MAX Credit Union President and CEO H. Greg McClellan has announced he will retire June 7 th. Mr. McClellan has been President and CEO since 2005. “I want to thank all of my colleagues and community partners for the outstanding job they have performed and the benefits…
Maryland’s comptroller says he’s urging the state’s pension system to divest itself from Alabama-based companies due to the state’s strictest-in-the-nation abortion ban. In a Facebook post, Comptroller Peter Franchot said the law was “a malicious assault on the rights and protections of women everywhere.” Franchot, a Democrat elected in a statewide vote, is the vice chairman of Maryland’s State Retirement…
RINSE AND REPEAT: For our Friday, expect more of the same with very warm and more muggy conditions; highs generally in the upper 80s. We will see a mix of sun and clouds and we will leave the risk of isolated, mainly afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms in the forecast, but most locations will be staying dry. WEEKEND WEATHER:…
Alabama has executed a man for a quadruple killing in 1997 that followed a dispute over the use of a pickup truck. Authorities say 41-year-old Michael Brandon Samra was given a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state prison in Atmore. Officials did not immediately release a time of death. Samra and friend Mark Duke were convicted of killing Duke’s…
State Legislatures have until next week to comply with federal demands to improve Alabama’s prison system. A bi-partisan group of lawmakers from the House and the Senate met Thursday to give an update on what they are doing to improve conditions of Alabama prisons. They said they are taking a deliberate approach, and it is likely that there will be…
The Alabama Senate voted 30-0 to overhaul the existing state school board. A bill, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, would replace the elected state school board with a commission that would be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. The bill now goes to the Alabama House. If passed, this proposed constitutional amendment would be…
THURSDAY: We will have the chance for a few widely scattered showers and storms in the forecast today. Expect a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mid to upper 80s, with a bit more humidity. FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: An upper-level ridge begins to strengthen over the region and we are going to cranking on the heat…
With the stroke of the Governors pen, Alabama now has the most restrictive abortion law in the nation, but today many are questioning the constitutionality of the law. Political analyst Steve Flowers says ” anybody that walks around the Senate know’s it’s unconstitutional. This bill is blatantly unconstitutional. It’s so far our there that the Supreme Court will laugh at…
Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, after both houses of the Alabama Legislature passed HB314. Upon signing the bill, Governor Ivey released the following statement: “Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature. To the…
